# Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Pacific Whiting; Fishery Closure
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; request for comments. · Published 2005-08-31 · Effective 2005-08-26 · 70 FR 51682
## Document
- **Document number:** 05-17342
- **Category:** seasonal-closure
- **Region:** west coast
- **Federal Register citation:** 70 FR 51682
- **Publication date:** 2005-08-31
- **Effective date:** 2005-08-26
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 050816224-5224-01
## Abstract

This emergency rule, implemented under the authority of the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery management plan (FMP), establishes a salmon conservation zone for the primary Pacific whiting (whiting) fishery, shoreward of a boundary line approximating the 100-fm (183-m) depth contour. Under this rule, fishing for Pacific whiting within the salmon conservation zone is prohibited.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/08/31/05-17342/fisheries-off-west-coast-states-and-in-the-western-pacific-pacific-coast-groundfish-fishery-pacific)
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